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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004301637 | Incident Date: Mar, 09 2004 |
| Consumer's City: MUSKEGON | Consumer's State: MI |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SUBURBAN | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3GNGK16F4XG | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 05 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 04 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 1999 chevrolet suburban k1500 with a 6.5l turbo diesel engine. i recently went through numerous instances where the engine shut off immediately as if the ignition were shut off. several instances were not life threatening as they occurred in parking lots or not when in traffic. several instances were more dramatic. when merging into city and highway traffic, i was suddenly left with no steering or brakes as the engine had died. this is a large heavy vehicle and does not respond well without power input from those components. luckily none of the instances resulted in a accident. i now have a newborn son and always have a concern with him in the vehicle that another shut down could occur at any point. the vehicle was brought to the dealer and the injection pump was replaced. doing research on this revealed countless incedents of similar occurances with vehicles having the same electronic injection pump. while fixing the problem temporarily has helped, it appears as if only a matter of time until it occurs again. had i been aware of these persistant problems prior to purchasing the vehicle, i likely would have purchased another. as it is now, i am stuck with this dangerous issue.*ak |
